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a memory & vid card question from a noobie like me
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:11 am
by andrew87
hey peoples,
just wondering does ddr2 memory fit in ddr slots?? is there much difference??
and pci-x vid cards fit in wat slot, cause the really tiny slot looks a bit small for a vid card to fit in. do they have like geforce 6800's in pcix, and is there much diff in the pcix and agp???
thnx sorry bout all the questions, it just puzzles me
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:27 am
by andrew87
thnx for ur help
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:14 am
by The Dude
pci-x vid cards fit in wat slot?
Is your motherboard a PCI Express motherboard? A pci-x card won't work in an atx motherboard if that is what you are looking at.
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:29 am
by YeOldeStonecat
You need a PCI-Express motherboard to accomodate PCI-Express video cards.
Motherboards with standard AGP only slots will not accomodate a PCI-Express video card. Just like the old PCI based video cards, it's a whole different bus.
BTW, ATX if a form factor, irrelevant if it's PCI, AGP, or PCI-Express....they can all be ATX.
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:07 am
by The Dude
YeOldeStonecat wrote:BTW, ATX if a form factor, irrelevant if it's PCI, AGP, or PCI-Express....they can all be ATX.
Yeah, I know I was just trying to think of a simple way to differentiate the two.
Since most of todays motherboards are referred to as AT, baby AT, micro AT etc. What would you call a non PCI express mother board?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:57 pm
by YARDofSTUF
The Dude wrote:Yeah, I know I was just trying to think of a simple way to differentiate the two.
Since most of todays motherboards are referred to as AT, baby AT, micro AT etc. What would you call a non PCI express mother board?
ATX AGP
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:02 am
by YeOldeStonecat
AT motherboards used to be more common in pre-pentium, and carried on into early pentium days on super cheap budget boards. Serial mouse, that huge DIN motherboard connection.
ATX AGP I guess...although probably just AGP since we don't really have to differentiate a new form factor "yet"...as ATX is still the dominant one. Cubes seem to mostly run on either custom mobo's, or micro-ATX, perhaps if the new ITX form factor catches on...
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:41 am
by The Dude
AGP, PCI ? Maybe I'll just refer to them as non-PCI express.
I guess there are motherboards out there with all of the above.
andrew87 also asked about DDR2, I don't know, but I don't think DDR2 will work in a DDR slot. I'm still in the dark ages running PC133.
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:06 am
by YARDofSTUF
we need a new term!
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:15 am
by BaLa
andrew87 wrote:hey peoples,
just wondering does ddr2 memory fit in ddr slots?? is there much difference??
different technology, but I don't know off hand what is and how it works different
besides DDR2 = 240pin
while DDR(1)= 184pin